My name is Royce Allen Harmer.
I was born on August 8th 1940 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire . In the past I have worked in the fishing industry, British and Norwegian Merchant Navies and the light engineering industries.
I was always keen at drawing at school and was frequently complimented on my ability to produce work from memory.
I started painting as a hobby in 1970 and after a spell in hospital took up painting seriously. After a sell out exhibition in 1977, I then went to North Wales to become the artist in residence at the Maes Artro Craft Village, Llanbedre.
Two years later, after a couple of successful summer seasons I left to travel about the country. I finally settled in York, where I painted the still ever popular
'The Three Little Pigs'
of which the first print went to Princess Diana and Prince Charles for the birth of Prince William.